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Vitalijs Pavlovs

{{short description|Latvian professional ice hockey player (born 1989)}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| alt =

| name = Vitālijs Pavlovs

| image =

| caption =

| image_size = 230px

| position = Right Wing/Centre

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1989|6|17}}

| birth_place = Riga, Soviet Union

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 5

| weight_lb = 216

| shoots = Left

| team = HK Prizma Riga

| league = Latvian Hockey Higher League

| former_teams = Beibarys Atyrau
Dinamo Riga
HK Olimp/Venta 2002
Dornbirn Bulldogs
JKH GKS Jastrzębie
HK Dukla Michalovce
HC 19 Humenné
Fife Flyers

| ntl_team = LAT

| draft = Undrafted

| draft_year =

| draft_team =

| career_start = 2007

| career_end =

}}

Vitālijs Pavlovs (born 17 June 1989) is a Latvian professional ice hockey player who is currently playing for HK Prizma Riga in the Latvian Hockey Higher League.

Playing career

Pavlovs signed a two-year contract with Dinamo Riga on August 9, 2012{{cite web |url=http://dinamoriga.eu/lv/news/view/dinamo-paraksta-ligumus-ar-skvorcovu-un-pavlovu |title=DINAMO paraksta līgumus ar Skvorcovu un Pavlovu | publisher = dinamoriga.lv | access-date = 2012-12-29}} and made his debut on December 5, 2012, in a loss to Yugra.{{cite web |url=http://www.khl.ru/players/19479/games/ |title=KHL player profile | publisher = khl.ru | access-date = 2012-12-29}} Pavlovs started the 2012–13 season with Jokipojat in Mestis,{{cite web |url=http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=28761 |title=Eliteprospect player profile | publisher = eliteprospects.com | access-date = 2012-12-29}} he had 6 goals and 8 assists in 19 games which is good for 3rd place in points inside the team.{{cite web |url=http://www.khl.ru/players/19479/ |title=KHL player profile | publisher = khl.ru | access-date = 2012-12-29}}

Pavlovs was sanctioned by the International Olympic Committee for failing an anti-doping test in the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. He tested positive for methylhexanamine, a banned stimulant found in certain food supplements.{{cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/winter/2014/story/_/id/10502822/2014-sochi-olympics-vitalijs-pavlovs-marina-lisogor-expelled-doping|title=Two athletes expelled for doping|date=22 February 2014|publisher=ESPN|access-date=23 February 2014}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/winter-olympics/26304664 |title=Sochi 2014: Ukraine's Marina Lisogor fails drugs test |publisher=BBC Sport |date=22 February 2014}}

On October 1, 2014, Pavlovs left Dinamo as a free agent to sign his first North American contract on a one-year deal with the Colorado Eagles of the ECHL.{{cite web| url = http://coloradoeagles.com/eagles-news/eagles-ink-former-khl-forward-pavlovs/ | title = Eagles ink former KHL forward Pavlovs | publisher = Colorado Eagles | date = 2014-10-01 | access-date = 2014-10-01}}

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="5" | Regular season

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="5" | Playoffs

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! Season

! Team

! League

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

2005–06

| Torpedo–2 Nizhny Novgorod

| RUS.3

| 13

01114

| —

————
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2007–08

| SK LSPA/Rīga

| LAT

| 41

561116

| 3

0002
2008–09

| DHK Latgale

| BLR

| 45

7101752

| —

————
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2008–09

| DHK–2 Latgale

| LAT

| 10

62814

| —

————
2008–09

| DHK Latgale

| LAT

| —

————

| 9

42612
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2009–10

| HK Liepājas Metalurgs

| BLR

| 49

471128

| —

————
2009–10

| HK Liepājas Metalurgs

| LAT

| —

————

| 8

12312
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2010–11

| HK Liepājas Metalurgs

| BLR

| 46

961534

| 3

0006
2010–11

| HK Liepājas Metalurgs–2

| LAT

| 6

6390

| 6

6390
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2011–12

| Beibarys Atyrau

| KAZ

| 38

1091918

| 13

24614
2012–13

| Dinamo Rīga

| KHL

| 15

0118

| —

————
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2012–13

| Jokipojat

| FIN.2

| 22

8101839

| —

————
2013–14

| Dinamo Rīga

| KHL

| 50

681428

| —

————
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2014–15

| Colorado Eagles

| ECHL

| 71

17173429

| 7

2132
2015–16

| Dinamo Rīga

| KHL

| 34

63916

| —

————
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2016–17

| Dinamo Rīga

| KHL

| 53

04424

| —

————
2017–18

| Dinamo Rīga

| KHL

| 34

11214

| —

————
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2018–19

| Dinamo Rīga

| KHL

| 61

24621

| —

————
2019–20

| Dinamo Rīga

| KHL

| 34

41526

| —

————
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2020–21

| HK Olimp/Venta 2002

| LAT

| 8

2462

| —

————
2020–21

| Dornbirn Bulldogs

| ICEHL

| 12

0446

| 6

1122
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2021–22

| JKH GKS Jastrzębie

| POL

| 39

11243569

| 15

27922
2022–23

| JKH GKS Jastrzębie

| POL

| 1

0000

| —

————
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2022–23

| HK Dukla Michalovce

| Slovak

| 33

781530

| 11

0336
bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="3" | BLR totals

! 140

! 20

! 23

! 43

! 114

! 3

! 0

! 0

! 0

! 6

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="3" | KHL totals

! 281

! 19

! 22

! 41

! 137

! —

! —

! —

! —

! —

=International=

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ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! Year

! Team

! Event

! rowspan="102" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

2007

| Latvia

| WJC18

| 6

0112
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2008

| Latvia

| WJC D1

| 5

0000
2009

| Latvia

| WJC

| 6

11229
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2013

| Latvia

| OGQ

| 3

0000
2013

| Latvia

| WC

| 6

0002
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2014

| Latvia

| OG

| 5

0110
2016

| Latvia

| WC

| 7

0002
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2016

| Latvia

| OGQ

| 3

0002
2017

| Latvia

| WC

| 6

0000
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2018

| Latvia

| WC

| 8

0002
bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan=3 | Junior totals

! 17

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 31

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan=3 | Senior totals

! 38

! 0

! 1

! 1

! 8

References

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External links

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Category:1989 births

Category:Colorado Eagles players

Category:Dinamo Riga players

Category:Doping cases in ice hockey

Category:Fife Flyers players

Category:HK Liepājas Metalurgs players

Category:Ice hockey players at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Category:Latvian ice hockey forwards

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